Hi Sharon, You say your brother and your cousin DNA tested then you list: Ransom Day and Mary Brooks"s children only showing one male child... So since the tests were Y-DNA tests both are descendants of the one male child. have either of the tested males have actual paper trail (documents) to Ransom Day? Y-DNA is so very interesting... Good luck with recuitment. Nelda Nelda's websites - http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ _________________________________________________________________ Can’t afford to quit your job? – Earn your AS, BS, or MS degree online in 1 year. http://www.classesusa.com/clickcount.cfm?id=866145&goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.classesusa.com%2Ffeaturedschools%2Fonlinedegreesmp%2Fform-dyn1.html%3Fsplovr%3D866143